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Pierce Brown

Author, Red Rising

u/Dracones ↗Personal account

We retrieved 8 posts and 634 comments from u/Dracones, dated 2015 to 2019, most often in r/books, r/Fantasy and r/redrising.

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A redditor wrote in r/books

On “I am Pierce Brown, writer of the Red Rising Saga and its fifth book, Dark Age. AMA!”

You had said that Pax Au Telemanus' name was pulled from a hat when deciding who had to go. Has there been anyone else pulled from a hat? Is there anyone immune from the draw?

u/Dracones replied

No one else has been pulled from a hat, because I haven't faced a dilemma like that in a bit. But I still have the hat, sooooo

Behind the scenesr/books · 25 points as of Nov 2026Full thread ↗

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A redditor wrote in r/books

On “I am Pierce Brown, writer of the Red Rising Saga and its fifth book, Dark Age. AMA!”

“Bye Felicia.”

u/Dracones replied

Had to drop it. Funny thing. I had "by felicity" in the first draft, and my editor Mike Braff told me to buck up and go all in. He was Felicia's first champion

Behind the scenesr/books · 217 points as of Nov 2026Full thread ↗
A redditor wrote in r/books

On “I am Pierce Brown, writer of the Red Rising Saga and its fifth book, Dark Age. AMA!”

Hi Pierce, thanks for taking time off your schedule to do an AmA! I have 2 serious and 1 not-so-serious questions: 1. How do you come up with your character names, and what is the story behind your own name? (They are all very cool and unique!) 2. Would you rather see Red Rising…

u/Dracones replied

I go off of the sound I want their name to make. For instance, I think Vs have a sort of cutting sound. So characters like Sevro, Victra, Vixus have a certain vicious emphasis. A has a sort of condescending…

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I go off of the sound I want their name to make. For instance, I think Vs have a sort of cutting sound. So characters like Sevro, Victra, Vixus have a certain vicious emphasis. A has a sort of condescending sigh, while simultaneously feeling important because its the preeminent number: Adrius, Antonia, Atalantia, Atlas, Aja.

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Behind the scenesr/books · 225 points as of Nov 2026Full thread ↗
A redditor wrote in r/Fantasy

On “I'm Pierce Brown, Word Writer, Former NBC Page, and Sevro's One True Father. Ask me anything.”

Hi Pierce, I absolutely adore your Red Rising saga and writing style, and am really looking forward to reading Iron Gold which sounds glorious!! I've already read the excerpt off the forthcoming novel twice and have been chatting about it with my husband for a week now!! There…

u/Dracones replied

Sometimes I carry an old leather chair with the legs cut off it to write in the woods at night. Everything can see you. You can only see your screen.

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Behind the scenesr/Fantasy · 42 points as of Nov 2026Full thread ↗